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N01 862,094. PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

G. W. MORTON.

AERIAL TOY. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFIGE'.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE F WASHINGTON, DISTRICT on COLUMBIA.

AERIAL TOY.

Application filed November To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GovERNInR Wrsn MORTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aerial Toys; and I. do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to toys and more particularly to aerial toys.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple toy of novel construction and of the class mentioned which may be thrown upwardly and forwardly into the air and which will return to the thrower and a further object of the invention is to provide a toy of this class which may be manufactured from a single piece of material either by stamping or otherwise and may hence be placed upon the market at an extremely low cost.

Broadly stated the toy consists of a central web portion provided with a central aperture and blades which radiate from the web portion and are provided in their under faces with channels.

The principle involved in the device is that when thrown into the air substantially at an angle of fortyfive degrees, and when it starts to descend, air will be compressed in the channels in the under face of the blades and will pass therethrough to the opening formed centrally in the web portion of the toy, this compression of air beneath the blades serving to sustain the toy for a considerable length of time in the air. This compression of air is in fact so considerable that the toy will almost invariably descend to a plane below that from which it was started on its flight and will thence rise to the plane.

In throwing the toy, it is grasped loosely by one of the blades and is tossed into the air with an upward inclination, the arm being drawn backwardly with a snap so as to give to the toy a rotary movement. The result is that the toy after ascending an inclined plane the distance depending upon the force with which it is thrown, returns to a point slightly below that from which it was launched.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a bottom plan view of the preferred form of the toy. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view taken therethrough. Fig, 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a further modification of the toy. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the same line as the form shown in Fig. 3 and, Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing another modification.

Referring more specifically to the drawings and more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof the numeral 10 denotes the central or web portion of the toy which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907. 1,1906. Serial No. 341.?75-

may be of any desired configuration and size and 11 an opening which is formed centrally of the web portion. The purpose of the opening above described will be presently fully stated and it may be here said that the opening is of such size as will be found expedient.

Radiating from the web portion 10 of the toy are blades 12 and its blades are here shown as being four in number although a greater or less number may be employed if found to be desirable. Each of the blades .12 is provided in its under face with a channel 13 and although I have herein shown the entire device formed of sheet material and the channels in the blades formed by creasing the same longitudinally, the blades and the web portion, which is also creased correspondingly as at 14, may be made of any suitable material having its upper face of any contour desirable, the sole limi tation being that the under face of the blade must be provided with a channel. The channels in the under face of the blades and also the channels formed by creasing the web portion 10 of the toy all communicate with the opening 11 formed centrally in the web portion.

It will be readily understood that when the toy is thrown into the air at substantially an angle of forty-five degrees and starts to descend, air will be compressed in the channels 13 of the blades and will pass therefrom through the opening 11 in the web portion, this compression of air serving effectually to sustain the toy for a considerable length of time in its aerial flight;

It will be observed that by creasing the blades and also the web portion of the toy, in the manner stated, the web portion will be located in a slightly higher plane than the extreme ends of the blades and hence the flow of the air compressed beneath the blades to and through the opening 11 formed in the web portion, will result. I

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 3 the web portion is indicated by the numeral 10 and the central opening in the web portion by the numeral l1 the blades being indicated by the numeral 12 and the channels in the blades by the numeral 13 In this form of the invention however the blades are braced by means of connecting portions 15 which connect adjacent ones of the blades and at the point of intersection of the connecting portions with the blades, openings 16 are formed. The channels in the under face of the are continued to the central opening 11 in the web portion.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 4, substantially the same lines are followed as in Fig. 3, the parts of the toy as shown in this figure corresponding to the parts shown in Fig. 3 being indicated by the same blades however do not terminate at these openings but numerals with the suiiix b. 1n the form shown in Fig. 4 however the inter-space between the adjacent.

blades and the connecting portion 14 of the blades is closed by means of sheets 16 of tissue paper or other circular opening formed centrally therein. A ring 17 is however secured to the web portion by means of ears 18 which areiormed integral with the web portion and to which the ring is attached and the said ring is located beneath the web portion and in slightly spaced relation to the under faces of the blades so that the space is formed between the ring and the channels in the blades 'to permit passage of the air.

limited to the exact details of construction shown and It is to be understood that I do not desire to be described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

What is claimed is:

l. A toy of the class described comprising an apertured web portion and longitudinally channeled blades radiating from the web portion.

2. A toy of the class described comprising a web portion and channeled blades radiating from the web portion.

A toy of the class described comprising a channeled and apertured web portion and channeled blades radiating from the Web portion.

l. A toy of the class described comprising an apertured web portion and channeled blades radiating from the web portion, the channels in the blades being in communication with the aperture in the web portion.

5. A toy of the class described comprising an apertured web portion and longitudinally channeled blades radiating from the web portion, the web portion being located in a different plane to that in which the ends of the blades are located.

6. A toy of the class described comprising an apertnred web portion and longitudinally channeled blades radiating from the web portion, the web portion being located in a higher plane than that in which the ends of the blades are located.

7. A toy of the class described comprising an apertured web portion and channeled blades radiating from the web portion in inclined planes.

S. A toy of the class described comprising an apertured \veb portion and channeled blades radiating from the web portion, said blades being formed of sheet material creased longitudinally.

9. A toy of the class described comprising an aperturod web portion and channeled blades radiating from the web portion, the said blades being formed of sheet material creased longitudinally and in alinement with the center of the aperture in the blade.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GOVERNIER W. MORTON.

Witnesses H. E. CHANDLEE, Gno. l1. CHANDLER 

